Netflix's latest must-watch docuseries, Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE, is a behind-the-scenes look at a new kind of girl group. In 2021, two of the biggest labels in the world—HYBE, the K-pop juggernaut behind groups like BTS, and Geffen Records, home to Olivia Rodrigo and Camilla Cabello—set out to form a new global girl group, recruiting singers and dancers from around the world to be trained under the traditional K-pop system. Out of 120,000 submissions, 20 girls were chosen to compete on The Debut: Dream Academy, a survival show that would use fan votes to choose which talented contestants would debut under the six-member group, KATSEYE.
The new eight-episode series takes viewers along on the journey to form the band, from the trainees' first lessons to Dream Academy's live finale. For over a year, cameras were rolling as the young hopefuls worked through doubt, homesickness, and even injury in hopes of pop stardom. Below, read on to meet the captivating trainees of Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE, including the six members who made their official debut earlier this summer.
